The stakes were high for Mrs Cruise after bosses from Sony Pictures, Miramax and Paramount all piled in to watch the new flick co-starring Al Pacino, Channing Tatum and Juliette Binoche at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

Another reviewer defended the 32-year-old and said Holmes was ‘perfectly fine’.

Earlier this month, her highly anticipated portrayal of Jackie Kennedy in the History channel’s mini-series The Kennedys was scrapped over ‘dramatic interpretation’ and concerns from the political dynasty.